Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

8 reviews

fyre_flies's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Torture, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gun violence, and Animal death

eijulia's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A lot is happening here but somehow it did not catch me that much. It‘s a little too much all over the place for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and War

alexa's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, and Religious bigotry

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

my relationship with this book is kinda complicated.
i DID have a lot of fun with it and i definitel  enjoyed the writing style and the premise, but i also really needed my month-long break from it, because it was a LOT, especially with all the deaths and the excessive mention of alcohol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Sexism

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Murder, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Racism, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Gun violence

leahhartjacobs's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It’s quite a fun lighthearted satire. Easy to pick up when not wanting anything serious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Racism and War

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Terminal illness, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Colonisation, Car accident, Cancer, Body horror, Blood, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

empathephant's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was a crazy good time. I want to reread it immediately, which is a sign of a good book for me. Instead I'll probably read the sequel and also brush up on my 20th century history class, which has somehow become 6,984 times as compelling...

I laughed aloud often, which is rare for me while reading, but also thought deeply about the way history had been presented to me in school, politics, conflict, and what matters most in life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

The book is lighthearted in tone but does deal with a lot of war and political conflict. For me the tone meant that most of the book wasn't terribly distressing. However, I did feel very uncomfortable on 129 which discussed plans of guards to sexually assault a prisoner. I feel that the bottom half of that page could be skipped without losing much plot.